Online Learning

To access CANVAS for your online courses. 

Your username is your student ID number.  Your password is your 4x4 (first four letters of your last name, last four digits of your social security number).

Find your student ID number?

Your student email account is to communicate with your instructor and other Allen representatives.  This video provides step by step instruction on how to access your Allen student email account.

How to access your allen student email account

How to forward your allen email to a personal email account

Student Email Login

Your username is StudentID@allencc.edu.  Your password is your 4x4.

This video provides step by step instruction on how to install Microsoft Office 365 using your Allen email account.

Install Microsoft Office 365

How to use microsoft office 365 suite on the web

Students can use myAllen to access transcripts, statements and fees, enrollment information, financial aid information, your student email and much more.  Your username and password are the same as your Canvas login (Student ID & 4x4).

Log in to myAllen

Allen utilizes a textbook rental program for most courses.  You may request your textbooks be mailed to you by clicking below, or you may pick them up in person at either campus.

The textbook request form is found on the MyAllen Portal on the Enrollment tab. You will see a box labeled "Step 4: How to get your textbooks" and a link to the form labeled "Textbook Mail Order Form". 

How to request textbooks

Orientation is for you to become familiar with Allen courses and help equip you with resources for your success. Student orientation is available on your Canvas Dashboard.

Allen provides an extensive range of academic support resources to enhance student success, including on-site and online tutoring, access to library materials, and support for writing and mathematics.

State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) is a national initiative to provide more access to online courses while maintaining compliance standards with state regulatory agencies. SARA allows institutions to provide online courses outside of their own state borders by seeking and maintaining state approvals via a streamlined process.

Allen Community College is working in cooperation with the Department of Education and numerous state agencies to comply with the requirements of the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA).  

Changes to the Higher Education Act of 1965 made it necessary for each institution of higher learning to address the following:  “If an institution is offering post secondary education through distance or correspondence education to students in a State in which it is not physically located or in which it is otherwise subject to State jurisdiction as determined by the State, the institution must meet any State requirements for it to be legally offering post secondary distance or correspondence education in that State. An institution must be able to document to the Secretary the State's approval upon request. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1001 and 1002)”

Allen Community College has approval to offer distance education in other states through the Midwestern State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (M-SARA). 

Complaint Resolution

Allen Community College works to ensure each student is appropriately supported and has positive experiences while at our institution.  Students are encouraged to use the following published processes to resolve issues.

Issues are best resolved at the lowest level.  Please attempt to resolve disagreements with the faculty by meeting with them to discuss the issue before beginning a formal appeal.  

Student Complaint Procedure

Complaints regarding State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) courses delivered by SARA member community colleges may be filed by students enrolled in those courses with the Kansas Board of Regents.  More information can be found at http://kansasregents.org/resources/PDF/Academic_Affairs/3257-ComplaintForm_SARAinstitutions.pdf